For the Critically Endangered mountain chicken frog (Leptodactylus fallax), 2020 has been a year of small but significant successes. The Mountain Chicken Recovery Programme, a partnership of international zoos, local NGO’s and Government stakeholders including Durrell, ZSL, Chester Zoo, Bristol Zoo and Norden’s […]
AmphibiaWeb celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, which is remarkable for an online resource. Our mission remains the same: we connect people around the world by synthesizing and sharing information about amphibians to enable better research, education and conservation. Our team has grown over the years; we now have […]
Successful Breeding at the National Zoo of Chile Marks Pivotal First Step Toward Returning Frog to the Wild
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October 22, 2020
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Nearly 200 Loa water frog (Telmatobius dankoi) tadpoles hatched Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the National Zoo of Chile, a little more than a […]
By Jeanne Tarrant, Endangered Wildlife Trust – Threatened Amphibian Programme
In July 2020, with the support of ASA’s small grant through Global Wildlife Conservation, the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) commenced a new project focused on some of the most threatened and endemic frogs species restricted to very limited ranges in the […]
By Eliana Lizarraga Heredia, Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d’Orbginy
In a coordinated effort, the Governments of Bolivia and Peru, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), have constituted a transnational team for the conservation of the emblematic Titicaca […]
